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Thursday, August 07, 2008
This Bonds deal is going on longer than Drew Danburry’s “I’m Pretty Sure This Is Someone Else’s Song But I Couldn’t Figure Out Whose So I’m Keeping It (Bop-Bop)” !
Ultimately, though, what has happened is that the 30 major league teams have conspired (not literally, I’d hope) to run down Barry Bonds’ clock. There are a number of decent fits, but no one great one, and if you’re only renting a player for the scope of 35 or 40 ballgames, the marginal contribution is going to be fairly small—not more than an extra win on the season for any of these clubs. If you were going to sign Bonds, the time to have done so would have been much earlier in the season.
Nevertheless, I would keep a watchful eye on the Mets. If Bonds ends up in anybody’s uniform, it’s likely to be that one, as Omar Minaya is an active GM who finds himself with few other alternatives and a lot of pressure to reach the playoffs. But the odds are overwhelming that Bonds isn’t going to be wearing anybody’s jersey, and that instead he’s going to be sitting on his couch come October.
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1. Shooty: Applying to be Fearless LeaderHe's under indictment and crippled!
You're all Bonds butt-boys!
Did I miss anything?
Edit: Damn you, Walt Davis!
That pretty much covers it. Thank you for saving me several hours of my life.
Join reality: IT ISN'T HAPPENING!
Does signing with the Mets really solve this problem for Barry? :)
Yeah, sheesh, no kidding. We're 70% of the way through the season for Pete's sake. The horse is beyond dead at this point, it's completely decomposed.
I like Silver's writing, but his time would have been better spent by running another analysis of the latest daily tracking poll averages and electoral college map projection.
I think it isn't allowed to add players that late, and in due time, he wouldn't be eligible for the post season roster.
He's under indictment and crippled!
You're all Bonds butt-boys!
Did I miss anything?
Only a claim of "media bias" because you devoted twice as many sentences to the prosecution as you did to the defense.
I never saw it this way. I was extremely surprised initially that no team showed interest in him, but once that remained the case as the season opened, I couldn't see why a team would then show interest in him, months later; if they weren't willing to sign him before -- if they were willing to live with inferior players from the outset -- I couldn't see why they'd sign him later.
What, they're suddenly worried they might not make the playoffs without him? That didn't seem to bother them before.
He isn't getting signed.
Yeah, wtf is up with those fees?
By the way, I think a Mets game ended with a Mets loss recently on a sacrifice fly, with Fernando Tatis butchering the play and thus not getting in position to make a throw. I was listening on the radio so didn't see the play -- it's entirely likely that nobody could have thrown the runner out -- but that's the kind of nonsense the Mets have chosen to live with in left field.
Yes, I'll happily argue that Bonds is better defensively than Fernando Tatis.
And, as we know, the Mets lost last year by... a win. As did San Diego.
And better than Alou, which no one mentioned.
The Mets have run a parade of players out to left this year who have no business playing left, offensively or defensively. It's beyond comical.
Of course, right now the issue wouldn't be Bonds vs. Tatis. It's Bonds vs. Murphy/Evans. And Bonds wins that argument (as he'd win the argument against Tatis as well).
And most importantly, as has been noted above, Bonds isn't going to be a Met. He's not going to be a _________. No matter how much people here and across the internet might clamor for it, it's not going to happen. And even in places like this, where Bonds' support is about as high as it is anywhere except San Francisco, the attitude towards him is mixed at best.
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